More Missionaries Coming!

Hey Mom and Dad, 

- First off, Congrats to Megan Livingston on the mission call!!

-Thank you so so so much for the apartment!!! It sounds so awesome! Could you send some pictures at all? 

  So excited!

-I'm sending off a letter today to the DJY family, and hopefully more coming

So I'll start this letter of with a funny story. Every Sunday we have an awesome meeting with everyone here. We go over the calendar and talk about upcoming events in the mission. We were in our meeting yesterday and President said that he and Elder Packer had a "conference" on Tuesday they had to go to. The term conference is a code for them going golfing!(Mission Presidents need a P-day too!)  (P-day means preparation day, kind of like a day off) I jokingly said, "President, are you going to need any help at all at your conference?" He laughed pretty good and asked if I knew how to play. I said I did but I'm not good and it's been a while. We all kind of laughed about it and the meeting continued.

This morning I walked into the office and President said, "Elder Packer, Elder Yost is coming with us tomorrow right?" I couldn't believe my ears! Well, tomorrow morning I'm going golfing with  Elder Packer and President Peterson. It's a little scary! I played about 5 times the summer before the MTC, but I'm awful! It'll be quite an experience! Tomorrow Elder Rivera will be going with the Assistants until I get back! Today I bought a cheap Polo shirt because I would've had nothing to wear tomorrow! Apparently this is the first time President has ever taken anyone golfing, and he's had people straight up ask him before!

We had a good week and were traveling a lot again, and this week will have more travel! I've heard from some reliable sources that there should be at least one new mission created here in the Philippines in the near future. Not sure where that would be, but it's a sign of more missionaries coming! We have 14 new missionaries coming in this next transfer day, meaning we'll have to open up 4 new areas. We've been stocking up on mattresses and fans and other things like that. We were transporting those things this week to apartments that will probably re-open, and then we've been transporting refrigerators! We also had an apartment have the contract canceled on it this week so we had to run up there and move everything out of it.

I've been talking to Sister Packer and she's going to try and coordinate with Manila Mission to get my flight plans going home lined up with Elder Tenny's! That's assuming of course that his release date is the same as mine, and that his parents aren't picking him up. Can you check on that? That would be super fun to be with him going home!

Well I don't have much time, but this past Sunday we had 4 people get baptized. Completed family! The mother and her 3 children. It was the sweetest thing seeing the re-activated father baptize his wife and children. I know the Gospel's true. It's been a knowledge and a testimony that has slowly grown over time, and especially on my mission. Line upon line, and precept upon precept, here a little and there a little. I know with my whole heart it's true.

Love You,
Elder Yost